The post ends with Stallone turning his attention to Dolph Lundgren, who played Russian fighter Ivan Drago in 1985’s “Rocky IV” and is planned to be at the center of the story of this new film.

The post ends with Stallone turning his attention to Dolph Lundgren, who played Russian fighter Ivan Drago in 1985’s “Rocky IV” and is planned to be at the center of the story of this new film.

Dolph Lundgren is setting the record straight on a potential "Drago" spinoff series. The actor responded to Sylvester Stallone's criticsm of the "Rocky" franchise expansion.

In a post to Instagram, Stallone described plans to center a film around Rocky IV antagonist Ivan Drago as “another heartbreaker,” then set his sights squarely on producer Irwin Winkler.

How Creed II Follows Up on Rocky IV During the events of the 1985 film, Stallone also wrote and directed Ivan Drago (Lundgren) killed Rocky's best friend Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) in the boxing ...

Drago is set to revisit Ivan Drago, portrayed by Dolph Lundgren in 1985’s Rocky IV and later in 2018’s Creed II. Lundgren had previously teased a potential spinoff film in a November 2021 ...

This time, the project centers on Rocky rival Ivan Drago, the formidable Soviet-Russian fighter played by Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren, who took on the Italian Stallion in 1985’s “Rocky IV.” ...

His character’s son, Viktor Drago, appeared in 2018’s “Creed II,” stepping into the ring against another offspring of Rocky’s rivals, Adonis Creed.

“Rocky” legend Ivan Drago is getting his own film. The iconic character, portrayed by Dolph Lundgren, 64, in the boxing film franchise, will be at the center of the new movie.

If Drago moves forward, it would become the second potential Rocky spin-off film franchise. Creed, a sequel to Rocky Balboa and the seventh installment in the franchise teeing up the second ...

Sylvester Stallone slammed a new "Rocky" spinoff centered around antagonist Ivan Drago. Stallone claimed that producer Irwin Winkler and his children are exploiting the franchise.